Re: iwn(4) link down/up cycling

2013-05-29 Thread Julian H. Stacey
David Wolfskill wrote: > And here are some representative log entries for the latter: > May 28 00:00:00 g1-241 kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > May 28 00:00:03 g1-241 kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP > > May 28 04:31:22 g1-241 kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > May 28 04

Re: iwn(4) link down/up cycling

2013-05-30 Thread Julian H. Stacey
David Wolfskill wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 06:54:40PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > David Wolfskill wrote: > > ... > > > Have I done something avoidable to encourage this behavior? > >=20 > > Might this be a USB device coming & goi

BCM43225 802.11b/g/n support ?

2013-05-30 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Anyone known of code [to test] for [native] support on 9.1-RELEASE (or current) for (from pciconf -lv ) none3@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0xe021105b chip=0x435714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM43225 802

Re: BCM43225 802.11b/g/n support ?

2013-06-01 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > > device = 'BCM43225 802.11b/g/n' OK, Thanks Adrian & Allen. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain t

Re: [rfc] removing the NDISulator

2013-10-21 Thread Julian H. Stacey
"Andrey V. Elsukov" wrote: > I'm agree. While there are still some devices without native drivers, > but that work via NDISulator, we should keep it. Yes, best keep it while it helps some people. Adrian Chadd wrote: > It's honestly about time that these were updated, fixed and/or ported to >

scan params, wpa_supplicant.conf, wpa_gui, wifimgr suggestions ?

2013-12-06 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, I'd appreciate suggestions, eg more URLs to read, & wlan ports/ to build etc: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html has some capabilities not documented: What is 'B' ? in a friend's (microsoft configured) net EPSB ;

Re: urtwn panic

2014-04-23 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Anthony Jenkins wrote: > I'm getting a panic with the latest kernel (r264719) and the if_urtwn driver. Might the urtwn device overheat, not return & cause a panic ? My urtwn device is very small, no thermal path to dump heat. I've not tried on current, but on 10.0-RELEASE I saw my urtwn0 interfac

Re: WPI (Intel wireless 3945ABG) strange behaviour

2014-08-23 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi Chris cc wireless@ > After reading quite some man pages, I finally have my laptop set up as > follows : > /etc/rc.conf : > ifconfig_wlan0 =" ssid myssid" > ifconfig_wlan0 ="mode 11g" > ifconfig_wlan0 ="-bgscan" > ifconfig_wlan0 = "WPA DHCP" ( I prefer wired nets & only fumble with wireless wh

Re: WPI (Intel wireless 3945ABG) strange behaviour

2014-08-24 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> I was not aware rc.conf was so sensitive to white space ... > I even think it shouldn't. rc.conf script is run by /bin/sh, one can test syntax by typing : /bin/sh . /etc/rc.conf set Good luck. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich

Re: Issues with urtwn

2014-09-08 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> wpa_gui as a next step. In the upstream, wpa_gui is maintained together > with wpa_supplicant by the same maintainer. Therefor wpa_gui has always > been working fine with wpa_supplicant and might help you to create a > consistent configuration. I too have found wpa_gui useful to detect syntax er

Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ?

2014-10-02 Thread Julian H. Stacey
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 "smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set identifiers), or names, of those networks. " Does FreeBSD also periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix'78 C Sys Eng Consultant Mu

Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ?

2014-10-03 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 > > "smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set > > identifiers), or names, of those networks. " > > > > Does FreeBSD also p

Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ?

2014-10-03 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> On 3 October 2014 03:26, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 > >> > "smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set > &g

Re: a first attempt at security/wpa_supplicant v2.6

2016-11-06 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> From: Joseph Mingrone > Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 20:58:57 -0300 > Hello, > If you are interested, there is a review at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8451. > Joseph For others who may have been wondering as I was, it's to test a revision newer than in current src/ : https://svnweb.f

New EU RF directive - regulatory threat

2019-03-13 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi wirel...@freebsd.org, https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/11/eu_directive_ban_rf_radio_firmware_tink ering/ "Techies fear EU directive to stop RF device tinkering" It could impact beyond just wireless devices, ie OS's for routers too. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, Consultant Systems Engi